Planet

Intern, Planetary Variables

Haarlem, Netherlands

Internship

14 minutes ago

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Job description

Welcome to Planet. We believe in using space to help life on Earth.

Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history. This constellation delivers an unprecedented dataset of empirical information via a revolutionary cloud-based platform to authoritative figures in commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors. We are both a space company and data company all rolled into one.

Customers and users across the globe use Planet's data to develop new technologies, drive revenue, power research, and solve our world’s toughest obstacles.

As we control every component of hardware design, manufacturing, data processing, and software engineering, our office is a truly inspiring mix of experts from a variety of domains.

We have a people-centric approach toward culture and community and we strive to iterate in a way that puts our team members first and prepares our company for growth. Join Planet and be a part of our mission to change the way people see the world.

Planet is a global company with employees working remotely world wide and joining us from offices in San Francisco, Washington DC, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, and The Netherlands.

About the Role:

Advances in data fusion for satellite-based analysis ready water use efficiency and irrigation scheduling products.

Changing precipitation patterns, droughts of increasing duration and severity, growing demand for food have significant implications on agricultural management practices, fostering the need for high performance crop monitoring systems to ensure sustainable and increased productivity. Therefore, our customers have clearly identified the need of product bundles to inform about the biomass production and monitor on-going and rapidly-changing environmental stresses such as agricultural drought. Planet’s satellite constellations, with very high spatial resolution, frequent revisit and the capability to document the within-field spatial variability, are therefore critical to characterize and monitor the different components of agricultural ecosystems and play a key role in decision support systems. This internship is an opportunity to help further develop Planet analysis ready products and solutions for agriculture.

The project is based on the use of current Planet’s imagery and Planetary Variables (i.e. Fusion Leat Area index, Land Surface Temperature, Soil Water Content and Crop Biomass) to characterize the surface energy, water and carbon budgets of croplands, detect environmental stresses and derive water use efficiency and irrigation needs. Planet conducts applied research to develop innovative imagery products for various applications using multi-sensor observations and engages with the scientific community to advance remote sensing science. The intern will join the Agriculture pod in partnership with the Analytics and Co-development and the Research Imaging Science and Experimentation (RISE) teams.

Join us in our mission to develop differentiated next generation satellite products for agriculture with the ambition to provide timely, usable, and actionable insights from multi-source satellite observations.

This is a full-time internship and is based in our Haarlem office 3 days per week.

Impact You’ll Own:

Explore new methods for detecting water stress.
Implement and evaluate an ensemble of surface evapotranspiration models relevant to different conditions.
Assess performance using ground data from Planet's partners and international networks (including universities like Nebraska-Lincoln and Delft, and institutes like IRD, providing access in the US, Europe, and Sahel).
Explore innovative irrigation scheduling techniques with Planet customers (e.g., Bayer).

What You Bring:

Experience with scientific computing using Python in a Unix/Linux environment
Knowledge of remote sensing fundamentals and experience working with different types of remote sensing data
Ability to be hands-on, be self-motivated, and think creatively

What Makes You Stand Out:

Experience working thermal, microwave or optical remote sensing dataset
Expertise with QGIS, Esri software, GDAL or other common geospatial software

Application Deadline:

August 1, 2025 by 23:59 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)

Benefits While Working at Planet:

These offerings are dependent on employment type and geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy.

Paid time off including vacation, holidays and company-wide days off
Employee Wellness Program
Home Office Reimbursement
Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
Equity
Volunteering Paid Time Off

Why we care so much about Belonging.
We’re dedicated to helping the whole Planet, and to do that we must strive to represent all of it within each of our offices and on all of our teams. That’s why Planet is guided by an ultimate north star of Belonging—dreaming big as we approach our ongoing work. If this job intrigues you, but you’re thinking you might not have all the qualifications, please... do apply! At Planet, we are looking for well-rounded people from around the world who can contribute to more ways than just what is listed in this job description. We don’t just fill positions, we aspire to fulfill people’s careers, most excited about folks who are motivated by our underlying humanitarian efforts. We are a few orbits around the sun before we get to where we want to be, so we hope you’re excited to come along for the ride.

EEO statement:
Planet is committed to building a community where everyone belongs and we invite people from all backgrounds to apply. Planet is an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Know Your Rights.

Accommodations:
Planet is an inclusive community and we know that everyone has their own needs. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation during the hiring process, please reach out to accommodations@planet.com or contact your recruiter with your request. Your message will be confidential and we will be happy to assist you.

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